[Traumamc]

Anyone else listening to tons of British music? I am kind of obsessed with British bands. Right now I am listening to

Oasis (the greatest of them all)
Babyshambles
Kaiser Chiefs
Arctic Monkeys
The Futureheads
Maximo Park
The Libertines
Bloc Party
Franz Ferdinand

Please feel free to make some suggestions if I am missing some new band

 

[Sleestack]

Muse
Porcupine Tree

 

[evilgnome]

Blur
The Verve
Keane
Coldplay

 

[Traumamc]

I like Blur's earliest stuff, not their recent stuff.

Coldplay is pretty good. I like most of their new album.

Richard Ashcroft rules, but the Verve aren't new

What does Porcupine Tree sound like?

I forgot to add the Test Icicles to my list.

 

[squall2072]

Pink Floyd
The Beatles
Radiohead
Mogwai
Snow Patrol

How could you miss them out! Not new but classics!

Well being British the bands get more coverage over here than over in America I expect. I'll give you a name of a quality post-rock group:

65daysofstatic

Probably unheard of by anyone else but ruddy hell its mogwai on steriods!!!

Another absolute belter is a band called:

The Reindeer Section

It has members from snow patrol, arab strap and mogwai umong others from the Scotish indie scene. I would seriously say that you should pick up a copy of their second album "Son of Evil Reindeer" beautiful stuff!

 

[Floodedstatue]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Traumamc What does Porcupine Tree sound like?

Porcupine Tree is quite unique, and not really anything like the bands you initially mentioned. They often get pigeon-holed as a prog-rock band, but only really their early material falls nicely into that category. They have moved on since then into more acoustic pop-song realms (the albums 'Stupid Dream' and 'Lightbulb Sun' which are both currently unavailable pending re-issue), and more recently into more rock/metal-based territory.

I would recommend starting with the album 'In Absentia'; there is a review here:

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p...0:4tkbu3laan8k

There are also full songs streaming here:

http://www.progarchives.com/Progress...sp?band_id=290

BTW see if you can download the song 'Lazarus'; it's the sort of pop song Coldplay wish they could write!

HTH

 

[DarkAngel]

Use search tab for this forum and enter "britpop"
many many discussions over the years available......

For instance:
Britpop

Good thing is the better obscure titles that few know about in USA are really cheap used on Amazon..............

 

[Floodedstatue]

Some of my fav British albums in the indie/britpop-type category are:

The Stone Roses - self titled
The Music - self titled
The Coral - self titled
Doves - The Last Broadcast
Elbow - Asleep In The Back
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
Ian Brown - Music Of The Spheres
Supergrass - Supergrass is 10: Best Of
Starsailor - Love Is Here
Embrace - The Good Will Out
Charlatans - Melting Pot

 

[xtr3me]

There are great british bands:

Pink Floyd
Porcupine Tree
Muse
Radiohead
Placebo
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
and many others

 

[Floodedstatue]

I have phases where all I listen to is classic British rock i.e. Deep Purple, Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd - one artist's back catalogue for a couple of weeks.

 

[djgustashaw]

first and foremost I love the Verve... whether it's the early shoegaze or the later britpop, they knew how to put a meaningful song together. I was let down by Ashcroft's later albums, but that's another story.

Some other British bands I like a lot:
The Beta Band (3 E.P.'s = endlessly creative and impressive)
The Beatles (of course)
Clinic (think they're British, at least)
Doves
Engineers (new space rock/shoegaze band... similar to Spiritualized)
Gomez
New Order
Porcupine Tree
Queen (again, I think they're British, might be wrong)
Ride
Rolling Stones
Spiritualized
The Stone Roses (s/t first album is one of the most consistent I've ever heard... not a dull moment)
Underworld
The Verve
The Who

 

[Kameleon]

Quote:

Originally Posted by squall2072 I'll give you a name of a quality post-rock group: 65daysofstatic Probably unheard of by anyone else but ruddy hell its mogwai on steriods!!!

Haha, excellent. I'm going to see them next month

 

[Homeless]

I really like 65daysofstatic...but none of my friends had ever heard of them. Come to think of it I'm not sure I remember how I came upon them. I'm Canadian and our MTV is MuchMusic, they have a show called the New Music, I think that's where I saw them...but yeah, they're cool in a way that only math rock can be I guess...lol

 

[astaireboy]

What did you think of the Babyshambles album? For me... eh... it's definitely not The Libertines.

Some of the Brits that haven't been mentioned that I've been listening to a lot:

Aerogramme (well, they're scottish)
The Wedding Present
Boyracer
Brakes (new Rough Trade music)
Momus
My Bloody Valentine (still the king)
Bearsuit

 

[claymon]

the brits definitely pwn usa when it comes to rock music. mainstream american rock is too rappy/emo/sludge nowadays, though the whole indie movement is definitely making much progress.